Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.